Chekhov's, The Bear

[Katie Janicka]

There is nothing impolite about the word "garcon". It is proper French for
"waiter".

KJ

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Katie Janicka
Russian Department
Bryn Mawr College
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On Sun, May 14, 2006 4:37 pm, Stephanie Sures said:
> I think nowadays, "garcon" has been replaced by the more polite
> "monsieur".
>
> SS
>
> On 5/14/06, Alina Israeli <aisrael at american.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> By the way French also has/had a similar word for a waiter - garçon,
>> lit.
>> 'boy' or to be precise 'immature-male' (so it would fit a 'bachelor' as
>> well), although I am sure some would disagree with me.
>>
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